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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Assessment product for good environmental status of non-quota shellfish stocks for the UK Marine Strategy 2024</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFAS03c36008-9563-4be4-bc9f-e73fb7859c63</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The UK Marine Strategy assessment product for commercially exploited non-quota shellfish 
stocks shows the Good Environmental Status (GES) for descriptor 3. The assessment of 
environmental status for commercially exploited non-quota shellfish stocks is based on 
the results from national stock assessments for shellfish that are mostly data-limited. 
Although methods for stock assessments might vary between stocks and depend on the 
quantity and quality of the available data, the relevant stock assessments data are 
considered equally following the method for GES in the fishing pressure indicator 
assessment. 

This assessment product consider national stock assessments that estimate biomass and 
reference points to establish a harvest rate or fishing pressure that can sustain the 
maximum sustainable yield for 62 non-quota shellfish stocks from 1990 to 2019 (Dobby and 
others 2012, 2017; Delargy and others 2019; Cefas 2015a, 2025b, 2020a, 2020b; Lawler and 
others, 2023; Mesquita and others 2016, 2017, 2023). 

Full details on the UKMS assessment are published at 
`https://moat.cefas.co.uk/pressures-from-human-activities/commercial-fish-and-shellfish`_. 
 


.. _`https://moat.cefas.co.uk/pressures-from-human-activities/commercial-fish-and-shellfish`:
 https://moat.cefas.co.uk/pressures-from-human-activities/commercial-fish-and-shellfish</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20251219 20251218</dc:date>
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